Re: On ampersands.

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 10:25:35PM -0500, Shane P. McCarron wrote:
> Paul McGarry wrote:
> > Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
> > If it really is invalid, why does the html 4.01 spec use the word
> > 'should':
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3.2
> > which has a different meaning to 'must' if I understand things
> > correctly.
> 
> Because in general the HTML 4.01 spec sucks.  
> 
> Seriously, its conformance indications leave a lot to be desired.

How's that? If it said 'must', it would be incorrect.

I think the HTML 4 spec(s) are exemplary as far as technical
specifications go.

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